Official Jon Gruden Thread II (merged)

[JayVols]

Said this today in his presser when Jimmy asked him about discussing his buyout last season. You could tell he was trying to dance around the question and was put on the spot. I've always supported Dooley but hearing him say that today vs just reading it tells me he did discuss his buyout and he's embarrassed its out in the public. This is getting uglier by the minute.

Wait until it comes out that his agent was trying to get him the North Carolina job while at UT......

 

[thebjd]

Grudenites and Grudenettes Unite!!! :matrix:

Only if being called a mega nega-vol appeals to you. It is amazing how those voices have dwindled of late.

 

[ukvols]

Grudenites, I wish to join your ranks!

With that said, I want to express my sincere gratitude for CDD. He took on a tough situation, recruited well, kept us out of trouble, and embraced our traditions. More than anything, he gave his all for Tennessee.

I remember when FLA, fired Ron Zook, he coached the remainder of the season, and his players rallied around him. I remember them carrying him off the field after they took him to a bowl and won. I'm by no means a FLA fan, but it was nice to see him go out that way.

I wish we would go ahead and make the announcement, but then let these players go out and win a couple games for their coach. Nothing would please me more than to see CDD being carried off the field after a bowl win and thousands of Big Orange Fans clapping.

After that though.............. BRING ON CHUCKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FYI - they carried Zook off the field after winning at FSU. Zook did not coach the bowl game. Charlie Strong coached them.

 

[LittleDTO]

I learned it from Rodney Dangerfield in "Back to School"....

Triple Lindy. I would try it if I was a diver.

 

['Boro-vol]

Focus on this year. We have a lot of football left this year, and we haven't lost to anybody that wasn't ranked. If we were to win out, it would be a pretty good season. The loss to MSU was less than spectacular, sure, but they're ranked, undefeated, and it was in their building.

I can't ignore the lack of improvement on the field, not just wins and losses, and the track record over 3 years. The next 4 games cannot change that.

 

[DEFENDTHISHOUSE]

Wait until it comes out that his agent was trying to get him the North Carolina job while at UT......

This can't end fast enough.

 

[Thrasher865]

I can't ignore the lack of improvement on the field, not just wins and losses, and the track record over 3 years. The next 4 games cannot change that.

Like it or not, winning 7 or 8 games would show improvement.

 

[TOP]

Focus on this year. We have a lot of football left this year, and we haven't lost to anybody that wasn't ranked. If we were to win out, it would be a pretty good season. The loss to MSU was less than spectacular, sure, but they're ranked, undefeated, and it was in their building.

If losing to every ranked opponent is acceptable, Tennessee will never be ranked.

Chew on that for a while.

 

[MedicT]

Like it or not, winning 7 or 8 games would show improvement.

Yes it would bode well if we were moving to the WAC.

 

[JayVols]

Triple Lindy. I would try it if I was a diver.

I got my scuba diver certification last week......true story.


I would break my pancreas if I tried the kind of dive you are speaking of.

 

[Thrasher865]

If losing to every ranked opponent is acceptable, Tennessee will never be ranked.

Chew on that for a while.

That's certainly not acceptable. But for this year, it's reality.

 

[AbeFroman]

Wait until it comes out that his agent was trying to get him the North Carolina job while at UT......

Just all sorts of awesome.

 

[golfballs]

Here is the quote you deem an "attack":




Sarcasm? Absolutely. Attack? Quite a stretch.


Then you said this:




Yep. you are the model of reservation.

This isn't our first interaction. You want to go back and build a more complete quote list

 

[Thrasher865]

Wait until it comes out that his agent was trying to get him the North Carolina job while at UT......

Who did this come from?

 

['Boro-vol]

Like it or not, winning 7 or 8 games would show improvement.

No it wouldn't. Just a few months ago we were talking that this season had 7-8 wins built in. Thats the baseline, and means this team merely held serve and did not improve.

I want more for our team than that. Only beating the teams we're favored to beat is not good enough.

 

[PeytonBerry]

FYI - they carried Zook off the field after winning at FSU. Zook did not coach the bowl game. Charlie Strong coached them.

Thanks for the correction. My vague memory didn't serve me well there. Still, I just remember that moment being special for a coach on his way out.

 

[LittleDTO]

I got my scuba diver certification last week......true story.


I would break my pancreas if I tried the kind of dive you are speaking of.

Every 4 years, when the Olympics are on, I watch diving and think about the Triple Lindy.

 

[TOP]

That's certainly not acceptable. But for this year, it's reality.

Three years worth of reality.

Tennessee needed time, no doubt. But by year 3, did I think Tennessee would be on the verge of 0-15 against top 25 teams with wins over Kentucky, Vanderbilt and Ole Miss? No. Beating top 25 teams?? Can't even beat SEC teams.

 

[volfan4evr]

Like it or not, winning 7 or 8 games would show improvement.

Numerically yes.

 

['Boro-vol]

This isn't our first interaction. You want to go back and build a more complete quote list

Do we have history?

 

[smokeyhuntsgators]

actually he did have this for him......

:lolabove:

 

[Thrasher865]

Beating top 25 teams?? Can't even beat SEC teams.

Top 25 and SEC are the same thing

 

[JayVols]

This isn't our first interaction. You want to go back and build a more complete quote list

Deflect much?

 

[JayVols]

Who did this come from?

"Sources"

 

[RagingOrange]

actually he did have this for him......

Wow. When was this taken?...total different level of body language happening there...you have Dools, sharp eyed and confident, with a slight smile in his convo. You have Manning, with no aggressive hands on hips posturing and patting ole boy on the arm...

Yeah, Im weird, but I watch these things...its a game I have come to cultivate...